TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's largest mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, on Friday posted the biggest net subscriber growth among its peers in February, regaining the top spot from Softbank for the first time in seven months.
DoCoMo, which added a net 148,300 new subscribers last month, said the popularity of its data communication modems and discount billing programmes helped lure customers.
Japan's No. 3 wireless firm, Softbank, which has enjoyed subscriber growth thanks to Apple's iPhone handsets, posted a net increase of 145,800 customers in the month.
The second-largest player, KDDI, added a net 121,400 new customers.
(Reporting by Taiga Uranaka)
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DoCoMo, which added a net 148,300 new subscribers last month, said the popularity of its data communication modems and discount billing programmes helped lure customers.
Japan's No. 3 wireless firm, Softbank, which has enjoyed subscriber growth thanks to Apple's iPhone handsets, posted a net increase of 145,800 customers in the month.
The second-largest player, KDDI, added a net 121,400 new customers.
(Reporting by Taiga Uranaka)
((taiga.uranaka@thomsonreuters.com; +81-3-6441-1813; Reuters Messaging: taiga.uranaka.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: JAPAN/MOBILEPHONES (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
